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Officeworks Ltd v Christopher [2019] NSWCA 96
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We are delighted to welcome Anthea Karvounaris as a Partner in our Victorian General Insurance practice.
Anthea is a highly experienced General Insurance lawyer with a proven track record in delivering advice and litigation to general insurers in a wide range of claims including motor, property, fraud and indemnity disputes.
Over her career Anthea has worked on a number of complex cases, most notably a recent multi-million dollar recovery action resulting from a flood event in Tasmania and a bushfire in Victoria.
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Miriam Browne as Special Counsel, based in our Newcastle office.
Miriam is a specialist lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in workers compensation and work injury damages with a career that has spanned numerous periods of reform. Miriam is highly valued by her insurer, self-insurer and employer clients and has a strong reputation for being practical, strategic and whole of business focused.
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Last week the NSW Supreme Court determined an appeal from the Local Court requiring judicial review of a Local Court Assessor’s ruling on a claim for loss of use of a motor vehicle. Justice Wilson upheld the ruling of the Assessor and in doing so confirmed that the a plaintiff’s need for a replacement vehicle is relevant to the assessment of damages and that material evidence addressing the degree of such need must be adduced in discharge of the plaintiff’s evidentiary burden.
Dinning v Westpac Banking Corporation [2019] NSWWCC 49
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A recent case in the Industrial Relations Commission of NSW explains the law regarding an employer’s obligation to reinstate injured workers who have been dismissed because of a work-related injury, and the matters to be taken into account when deciding whether or not an injured worker has satisfied the requirements for reinstatement.
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Arquero v Shannons Anti Corrosion Engineers Pty Ltd [2019] NSWWCCPD 3 (29 January 2019)
Employers Liability Newsletter - April 2019
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